Stories from Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Helen Marie Brown was born Jan. 19, 1959, to Hubert Brown Sr. and Lucille Wiley Brown in Osceola. She departed this life on June 23, 2024, at Conway Regional Health Center in Conway at the age of 65. She was preceded in death by her parents. She leaves to cherish her memories one daughter, Taryn Reed; three sons, Terrio Lewis Sr., Bernard Reed and Dylan Brown; two sisters, Judy Brown and Leola Robinson, all of Osceola; two brothers, Tony Brown Of Las Vegas, Nev., and Eddie Brown Sr. ...

Debra Atkinson, 66, of Blytheville, passed away Saturday, June 22, 2024, at Heritage Square Nursing Home in Blytheville. Debra was born in Blytheville to the late James Atkinson and the late Thelma Jones on Aug. 15, 1957. She worked in the cafeteria for the Blytheville School District...

Kathleen Geeslin, a beloved mother, daughter, and friend, passed away peacefully on June 24, 2024. Born in March of 1956, in Blytheville, Kathleen led a vibrant life marked by love, curiosity and creativity. A proud graduate of Blytheville High School and Arkansas State University, where she earned her teaching degree, Kathleen dedicated her career to education. ...

The Melody Theatre in Leachville is asking the community to help present a 7-Film Children's Summer Theater The series will start in July. “We hope to show seven children’s films during July and August with free admission to all children,” Kevin Reagan, theater manager, said...

Manila trash pick-up schedule for the week of the Fourth of July will be: no change in Monday’s route; Tuesday and Wednesday pick-up will be run on Tuesday, July 2; Thursday and Friday pick-up will be run on Wednesday, July 3. City Hall and the sanitation department will be closed on Thursday and Friday, July 4-5. Normal schedules will resume on Monday, July 8...

By Joseph Fondren NEA Town Courier Contributor The Mississippi County Election Commission received their audit results from the State Board of Election Commissioners on Thursday. The audit reads, “ The State Board of Election Commissioners has completed its audit of the Mississippi County March 5, 2024 Primary Election. The SBEC team certifies their hand count results of the paper ballots as compared to the certified results tapes as follows:”...

Submitted By Rep. Joey Carr The General Assembly convened for an Extraordinary Session last week during which the legislature passed significant tax legislation. The new laws reduce the top individual income tax rate to 3.9%, the lowest since the tax was first enacted in the state in 1923. Among Southern states with an individual income tax, Arkansas now has the lowest in the region. This reduction will benefit every Arkansan earning more than $25,000, an estimated 1.1 million people...